Description
The Art of Soft Skills [WLO: 1] [CLO: 1]
The human resource manager must be skilled and knowledgeable and able to respond appropriately to many different situations. While it is important to be tactile in hard skills, it is also important to be well versed in soft skills. Often, soft skills are mistaken as weak or secondary to the important strategic behaviors required of a manager in a successful organization; however, soft skills have a specific role in engaging and empowering employees.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Review the Week 4 – Weekly Lecture.
Read Chapter 3 in the textbook the Job Description Handbook.
Read Chapter 8 in the textbook the Performance Appraisal Tool Kit.
Read the Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference?
Watch the How I Fit? video below.
Think of a job that you currently have or have had in the past. Use this job to discuss relevant soft skills.
In your initial discussion forum post,
Considering your current job or one you have had in the past, define and analyze the three most important soft skills needed for that position. Be sure to state your job position.
Think back to the components of the job analysis and job description you have analyzed so far and consider how to use soft skills to put the components into actions and behaviors.
How do soft skills move the employee to a place of value and ownership?
Will the same soft skill behaviors work for all position types?
